Braided necktie.



0. vHOLZHEY 6v 0. DICKHAUS.

BRAIDED NEGKTIB. PrLIoA'rIon r'ILnD In 22, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

INVENTOHS.

alla Holz/1 WITNESSES afa-M UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

OTTO HOLZHEY AND OTTO DIGKHAUS, 0F NEW YORIL'N. Y.

BRAIDED NECKTIE.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, OTTO HoLzHEY and OTTO DICKHAUS, both citizens of the United vStates, and residents of the city of New York, borouvh of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Braided Necktie, of which the following is a full, clear,

of the same number of threads or strands throughout its entire length, and no stitching or sewing is required save to retain the terminal portions of the tying ends in their inverted position. The tie may be braided in plain colors, and the positions of the threads varied to produce any desired ornamental effect, or threads of different colors may be employed to make an ornamental design or figure.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, and in whichf Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with our invention; Fig. 2 is a detail of a small part of the terminal portion of one of the tying ends; and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are sections on the lines 3 3, 1 -4 and 5 5, respectively, of Fig. 1.

Our improved tie may be braided in various different styles desi ed to be tied in various .different ways, ut the f particular tie' illustrated is one having the desired propwortions -for formin Va four-in-hand tie.`

his tie may be consldered as bein formed of three sections, a neck-band section 10, a short tying end section 11,v and a longer end section 12. The entire tie `is brai ed and is formed of the same number of strands or threadsthroughout its entire length. The neck-band portion 10 'is of t tubular form, as indicated in Fig. 5, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led May 22, 1909.

ermitting it the Patented May 24, 1910.

Serial No. 497,664.

portion, the threads of the opposite sides of the tube are brought together, so as to form a fiat braid, and less tension is applied in v the making, so that the tying ends will be of somewhat looser texture. In changing from the double thickness of the neck-band to the single thickness of the tying ends, the width vof the necktie is approximately doubled. Along the length of the tying ends, the necktie is braided the same as ordinary flat braid, and may include any ornamental iigure ordesign which it is possible to incorporate inthe braiding. This desi or ornamentation may be formed solely the disposition of the threads of one color, or different color threads may be employed in braiding the tie.

Each tying end has aterminal portion 15 of tubular form, the same as the neck-band width of the terminal portion to remain the .same as the tying end. The free edge of this terminal portion is then folded back, so VVas to'bring the edge inside of the tube and adjacent the beginning of the tubular portion. This conceals the free ends of all of the threads from view and protects them inside of the tube. A line of stitching 16 is then run across'the ends of thenecktie, to hold the free ends of the threads in place within the tubular portion 15. The concealing and protecting of the free ends avoids the necessity for any binding strip, and eifectually prevents the tie from raveling.

.Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A braided article of manufacture having a tubular braided neck-band and fiat braided ends integral therewith, said neck band having two cords braided therein alon diametrically opposite sides to insure oldin of thebraided tube along predetermine lines. w

2. A braided article of manufacture having a fiat braided end and a terminal tubu- ,lar portion integral with the end' and means for preventing the end of the tubular portion from raveling.

3. A braided article of manufacture having a flat braided end and a terminal tubular portion inte ral with the end, the free edge of saidtu ular portion bein turned back into the tubular portion an secured therein.

4. A braided article of manufacture having a flat braided end and a terminal tubular portion inte ral with the end, the free l edge of said tu ular portion being` turned back into' the tubular portion, and a line of stitching across said tubular portion for retaining the free end therein. 5. A braided necktie having a uniform number of strands extendin the entire length thereof, the neck-ban portion of the necktie being braided in tubular form and the tying ends of said necktie bein braided flat and of a single thickness, an

the terminal portions of said t ing ends being also braided of tubular orm with the ree ends turned back into the tubular portion and secured therein to prevent ravellng.

6. A braided article of manufacture hav'- ing a flat band portion `and a tubular portion integral therewith at one end, each alternate strand of said band portion at the end of the latter being diverted out of the plane of the band to form one-half of the adjacent tubular portion and the remaining strands being diverted in the opposite d1- rection to form the opposite ha f of the tubular portion. t

7. A braided article of manufacture having a uniform number of strands extending the entire length thereof and including a flat band portion and a tubular portion, the adacent arallel strands of the band portion eing iverted in op osite directions to form -the opposite sides o the adjacent end of the tubular portion. .Y

In testlmony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OTTO HOLZHEY. OTTO DICKHAUS. 

